Item details: Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Gibraltar, Exactly Taken on the Spot in the Year 1738
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£ 275.00
BASIRE, Isaac
Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Gibraltar, Exactly Taken on the Spot in the Year 1738
Imprint: London, 1751
390 x 600 mm., full wash colour, with a double fold as issued in the book. In good condition.
A beautifully engraved bird's-eye view of the Rock of Gibraltar by Isaac Basire. An explanation lower left identifies the key points. From Nicolas Tindal's 'Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England'. Shirley, R.W. (BL Atlases) G.RAP-1a, no. 7.
Stock number:8172.